Composer and Associate Professor of Music at University of Haifa
Israel
- Current
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- Lecturer at Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
- Associate Professor of Music at University of Haifa
- Composer and Arranger at Oded Zehavi Productions
- Past
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- Director of music studies at Tel Hai College
- Education
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- State University of New York at Stony Brook
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rubin Academy
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Oded Zehavi’s Summary
Music composition in numerous musical styles; emphasis and textual affinity for classics of Hebrew literature. Commissions/premieres by Valery Gergiev, Marek Janowsky, Antonio Pappano, David Robertson, etc. Serves on national arts advisory boards in Israel, former/current residencies: Jerusalem Music Center, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Camerata and Haifa Symphony, etc. Prizes: Barlow Foundation, Annenburg Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Prime Minister's Prize, Landau Prize for Stage Arts, City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa's Engel Prize, etc. Bachelor's degree; Jerusalem Rubin Academy with Marc Kopytman and Andre Hajdu, graduate studies; University of Pennsylvania with George Crumb, doctorate; SUNY Stony Brook with Sheila Silver. Founding member and former Chair of Department of Music, Haifa University. Currently Associate Professor of Music, Haifa University.
Oded Zehavi’s Specialties:
Music composition in mixed media; including film, dance, theater, television, pop/rock, ethnic (Sephardic and Yemenite), symphonic and chamber music. Expert in composition of Hebrew texts (spoken and sung). Specializing in orchestration of acoustic instruments and electronic (midi) sounds, separately or together. Extensive experience in administration within the framework of university and orchestral residencies. Fluent in Finale music notation (2007). Lecturer in opera and folk music.
Oded Zehavi’s Experience
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Lecturer
Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
Teaching courses in arranging, harmony, orchestration and composition for theater and chamber music. Judge and panelist in Rimon competitions.
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Associate Professor of Music
University of Haifa
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1995 — Present (13 years 11 months)
Teaching courses in orchestration, harmony, counterpoint, opera, music history and composition (workshops and individual lessons). Academic advisor for doctoral and masters students. Reader for theses.
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Composer and Arranger
Oded Zehavi Productions
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Music industry)
1977 — Present (32 years)
Independent composer and arranger.
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Director of music studies
Tel Hai College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years)
Established and developed course for music composition in Northern Israel.
Oded Zehavi’s Education
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
Phd , Music Composition , 1990 — 1992
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University of Pennsylvania
Masters , Music Composition , 1986 — 1990
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Rubin Academy
BA , Music
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Oded Zehavi’s Interests:
detective novels, cooking, movies and American TV series.
Oded Zehavi’s Groups:
Tel Hai College, Telma Yellin, New Generation Productions, Avoda Ivrit Compilation, Concertante Chamber Players
Oded Zehavi’s Honors:
Barlow Foundation Award, National Endowment for the Arts, Annenberg Trust, Acum Golden Feather, Engel Prize, Prime Minister Prize for Composition, Landau Arts Prize, Rosenblum Prize for Performing Arts.
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